...But in trying to get past my inner nerd, I was wondering why about 2/3rd of the way through the book does Munir refer to "God" instead of "Allah" as he did in the beginning of the book? Its when he is explaining to Jack about how the Jihad420 will go viral and he says "I wish to God that I'd never learned how to program."

I'm not culturally-familiar enough to know, but perhaps English-speaking Muslims refer to God and Allah interchangeably? Surely the concepts are the same, at least; for a Muslim, believing in God is the same thing as believing in Allah, and so using one name should not indicate an exclusion of belief in the other.

Thanks, I hadn't considered that...

I'm not culturally-familiar enough to know, but perhaps English-speaking Muslims refer to God and Allah interchangeably? Surely the concepts are the same, at least; for a Muslim, believing in God is the same thing as believing in Allah, and so using one name should not indicate an exclusion of belief in the other.

Darmin, there is no telling what people who haven't done ratshit in a thousand years and who whip women for being raped will say or do. They are incomprehensible savages.

My research tells me Muslims refer to "God."

My research tells me Muslims refer to "God."

I'm always interested in the research that goes on before the book is written.

How many nerds.. uh... umm... geeks.. ahh... umm... computer experts! Yes! how many computer experts did you have to speak to or meet with or exchange emails with to get all that complicated computery stuff for the big crash?

And, Paul, how do you remember what you've written in your books long ago? You recently posted somewhere that you don't have a good memory, so how much do you have to research your own work to make sure you don't crisscross (Ha!) yourself?

Given the amount of detail and the myriad cross references in all your work, Paul, you give yourself a stiff homework assignment even before you begin to write the next book.

Fascinating stuff, at least to me.

I listed the consultants in the acknowledgments. Reached them all via the newsletter.

I'm always interested in the research that goes on before the book is written.

How many nerds.. uh... umm... geeks.. ahh... umm... computer experts! Yes! how many computer experts did you have to speak to or meet with or exchange emails with to get all that complicated computery stuff for the big crash?

And, Paul, how do you remember what you've written in your books long ago? You recently posted somewhere that you don't have a good memory, so how much do you have to research your own work to make sure you don't crisscross (Ha!) yourself?

Given the amount of detail and the myriad cross references in all your work, Paul, you give yourself a stiff homework assignment even before you begin to write the next book.

Fascinating stuff, at least to me.

I'm not culturally-familiar enough to know, but perhaps English-speaking Muslims refer to God and Allah interchangeably? Surely the concepts are the same, at least; for a Muslim, believing in God is the same thing as believing in Allah, and so using one name should not indicate an exclusion of belief in the other.

I don't know if this is true or not, but I've heard that a Muslim won't say the word Allah out loud. When speaking of Allah, he'll use the name God instead.